Bottle carton



Sept. 19, 1939. ous I 2,173,494

BOTTLE CARTON Filed larch 2, 1938 I ATTORNEY INVENZOR.

Patented Sept. 19, 1939 PATENT oll-icii BOTTLE cAn'roN Arthur Rous, NewYork, N. Y., asslgnor to Federal Carton Corporation, New York, N. Y., acorporation of New York Application March 2, 1938, Serial No. 193,385

3 Claims.

The object of the present invention is to provide an inexpensive sturdybottle carton by means of which a plurality, for example, six,liquid-containing bottles may be packaged and carried by means of ahandle device adapted as a latching element for the folded cartonpanels, and this being accomplished by die-cutting a-sheet of cardboardwithout any waste of importance.

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanyingdrawing in which:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is a diagrammatic plan view showing three of the cartons placedtogether to denote the relative position of the cartons in packing themfor shipment of bottles in bulk.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the blank.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention,showing the position of the 20 carton elements as the bottles areinserted therein Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view, showing theupper portion of an embodiment of the invention, witha modified form oflatch or locking element.

Referring to the drawing, it will be seen that the device enables thepacking of a plurality of bottles in superposed horizontal rows asindicated in Figure 1. The necks oi the bottles may extend outwardlythrough openings in an end panel of the structure and the folded panelsenclose the bottles and provide an overlying handle for convenientlycarrying the package. 1

The blank shown in Figure 3 comprises a base panel I having at each enda lip lac provided with a fold line at kw. At one side of panel I is amulti-panel section scored along the lines a and b to form a centralsubstantially triangular panel 2 at the sides of which are the wings 3and 33:.

Each wing is formed with a hand hole at t. At the'side of base panel lopposite panel 2 is a multi-panel structure scored on the lines a todefine a central substantially triangular panel 5 at the sides of whichare the wings t, tr. Wing t is formed with a hand hole at l and wing Exis cut in U-shaped formation to provide a handle latch foldable on thescored line b as later to be described.

In using the device, the lips extending from the sides of panel I may befolded upwardly, and then somewhat inwardly along the lines lzczc andthereupon panel 2 may be folded upwardly on the scored line 0. The wingsmay then be bent inwardly a slight distance so that the partially foldedstructure will lie in the position of Figure 55 4. Thereupon, threebottles may be moved forwardly upon panel I so that the necks thereofwill project through the lowermost row of neckreceiving apertures, whichapertures are indicated at 9. The first row of bottles will afiordsupport for the succeeding two bottles to form a 5 second row, and thefinal bottle of the half-dozen when placed over between the twounderlying bottles.- The necks of the bottles will then be projected as.in the manner shown in Figure 1. When theibottles are thus stacked thesubstantially triangular panel 5 is folded upward along the line d andthe wings are inwardly bent so that all of the handle holes 4 arebrought into I mutual contact. At this point, the handle latch Illcarried by wing 6.1, which wing lies over wing 15 3:2, as shown inFigure 1, will be pressed through the hand holes andswung upwardly intolatching position. Due to the fact that the handle latch III has itsmajor length at its central longitudinal line, it will be securely heldin position when it is pressed through the hand hole of the panel wing5. In addition to this locking characteristic, the handle latch servesas a covering face for the hand hole cut into each of the lips h andenables carrying the package without 25 the latter cutting into thefingers. The handle elements above the hand holes are indicated at h.

A modification of the handle lip is shown in Figure 5 at like, it beingwedge-shape in formation and secured to the abutting handle lips by astaple II.

The bottles are indicated by the numeral 52 and their caps at 523:. Thebottle-containing packages when shipped in bulk may be alternatelyreversed as shown in Figure 2 and the capped bottles of a lower layer ofcartons will give adequate support for an overlaying layer of filledcartons as will be readily understood. In abutting the cartons thehandle lips may be folded upon one face of the carton, as shown inFigure 2, in 4 each case.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is as follows:

I 1. A carrying carton for bottles comprising a k sheet of cardboard orthe like formed w th a cenmany disposed base panel and each side thereofformed with a multi-panel structure scored to define a centralsubstantially triangular panel and a panel wing extending from each sidethere- 59 of, each panel wing being formed with an outing adapted toenter the hand hole cuts of the 55 remaining three wings and to serve asa latching lip to hold the carton in closed position, one of thetriangular panels being formed with rows of apertures to receive thenecks of bottles contained within the carton.

2. A carrying carton for bottles comprising a sheet of cardboard or thelike, formed with a centrally disposed base panel having laterallyprojected lips, and at each side of the base panel formed with amulti-panel structure scored to define a central substantiallytriangular panel and a panel wing extending from each side thereof, oneof the triangular panels being formed with rows of apertures to receivethe necks of bottles contained within the carton, the lips being adaptedfor movement within the wings of the triangular panels, thereby closingthe carton 3. A carrying carton for bottles constructed in accordancewith claim 2,12: which the plurality of wings which extend from thesides or the central substantially triangular panels are formed withoutwardly projecting handle members adapted to contact and to bemutually held together for maintaining the carton in closed position.

ARTHUR nous.

